Consul vs Proconsul - What's the difference?
consul | proconsul |
An official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation.
(historical) Either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman Republic.
(historical) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804.
(obsolete) A senator; a counsellor.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Job. iii. 14 (Douay version)
(in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Proconsul is a derived term of consul.
Proconsul is a related term of consul.
As nouns the difference between consul and proconsul
is that consul is an official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation while proconsul is a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.consul
English
Noun
(en noun)- Many of the consuls , raised and met, / Are at the duke's already.
- With kings and consuls of the earth.